Hello,
I used imagewriter to create an iso for an os. I now want to remove the files that where created from this process but they are locked. I have tried to reformat the drive using partitioner but 2 USB drives show in dolphin after this process and the files still remain. Any suggestions to help me fix this issue please.
Many thanks in advance for your help.lol!
Hello,
I used imagewriter to create an iso for an os. I now want to remove the files that where created from this process but they are locked. I have tried to reformat the drive using partitioner but 2 USB drives show in dolphin after this process and the files still remain. Any suggestions to help me fix this issue please.
Many thanks in advance for your help.lol!
Where did you place these iso files at? Normally, we would copy any such downloaded files to /home/username/Downloads where you have full read/write rights to the files. These files are large and perhaps you need to use the real “Delete” command as opposed to moving them to the Trash. If you go into Dolphin / Settings / Configure Dolphin / General (On Left) / Context Menu Tab AND check Show ‘Delete’ Command. Then you can Delete a file as well as move it to the Trash.
Thank You,
I used imagewriter to write the iso image to the USB from the Downloads folder. But now the files on the USB wont delete. I also checked the delete box in the settings as you described but the move to trash and delete options are now greyed out so I had to uncheck that delete option. What could be causing that? Also when moving the file to trash it says that /media/CDROM/Chrome_OS_Linux-read-only.i686-1.3.767 is read only. I’m guessing that that is the cause, do you agree and if so how do I changed this setting please.
Many thanks for your help.
Sounds like you either don’t have rights to them ( as if saved by root) or just the fact they are set as read only. I suggest you go to the menu / System / File Manager / File Manager - Super User Mode, enter the root password and then try to remove these files.
Thank You,
On 2011-06-15 08:36, darren787 wrote:
>
> I used imagewriter to write the iso image to the USB from the Downloads
> folder. But now the files on the USB wont delete. I also checked the
> delete box in the settings as you described but the move to trash and
> delete options are now greyed out so I had to uncheck that delete
> option. What could be causing that? Also when moving the file to trash
> it says that /media/CDROM/Chrome_OS_Linux-read-only.i686-1.3.767 is read
> only. I’m guessing that that is the cause, do you agree and if so how
> do I changed this setting please.
> Many thanks for your help.
Which is correct. You have “burned” an iso image to an USB stick, and now
the files inside the iso can not be deleted. Of course not - as it should
be. And no, it can not be changed.
You can, however, delete the entire iso image by formatting the USB stick
again.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
Did you read my earlier post??? I have already tried to reformat the USB and NO IT DOSE NOT REMOVE THE FILES!!!
darren787 wrote:
> Did you read my earlier post??? I have already tried to reformat the
> USB and NO IT DOSE NOT REMOVE THE FILES!!!
You’re not likely to get much help whilst you’re rude to the people
trying to help you!
Try reading http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Your right however I do not appreciate the tone used in the post by “robin_listas” above. Quote “the iso can not be deleted. Of course not - as it should be. And no, it can not be changed.”
I do not think that this tone was called for either.
darren787 wrote:
> Your right however I do not appreciate the tone used in the post by
> “robin_listas” above. Quote “the iso can not be deleted. Of course not
> - as it should be. And no, it can not be changed.”
> I do not think that this tone was called for either.
It’s entirely your supposition that there is any “tone” there in the
first place. So get over it. Learn to read messages with an open mind
and extract what’s of value to you. Don’t vent your frustration with
your problem on the people trying to help you.
In the meantime, have you reread the thread and actually tried all the
suggestions? What were the results?
Yes I agree about reading messages wrong and being angry, no excuse but I responded because of other factors at the time and I can see that it was not called for, Sorry to all members for my over reaction.
I will re look at all suggestions above tomorrow because I need to have a clear mind. Thanks to all for trying to help me, it is appreciated.
Hi darren787,
I’ve had similar problems with usb memory
this worked for me to remove the files,
- delete the partition where the files are
- then create a new partition and reformat
the partitioner within Yast was used (so root privileges are needed)
My conclusion is that the name of the file as shown cannot be duplicated from the keyboard.
Some files could be removed using the rm command and partial file name from a terminal.
eg. if the file name is 1234567, use rm 123* (use man rm for other command options)
Keep smiling
Regards
michael
There was a bug (fairly recent) that impacted a small number of users whose external USB drives are formated in NTFS (for example my external USB drives are formatted NTFS and I DON’T have the problem - only a small number were impacted).
For example this thread: Problems with USB after kernel upgrading
I don’t know if that releveant, but for example if the command
cat /etc/filesystems
only yields this:
vfat
hfs
minix
reiserfs
*
ie withOUT ntfs, then you could try this:
vfat
hfs
minix
reiserfs
ntfs
*
restart and test.
… also note if your USB drives are NTFS and they are not clean, then to re-obtain write/delete permissions you may need to plug them in to an MS-Windows OS, and run a chkdsk on them, and then unount them properly from MS-Windows BEFORE switching OFF MS-Windows and then try again with openSUSE.
On 2011-06-21 12:36, darren787 wrote:
>
> Yes I agree about reading messages wrong and being angry, no excuse but
> I responded because of other factors at the time and I can see that it
> was not called for, Sorry to all members for my over reaction.
> I will re look at all suggestions above tomorrow because I need to have
> a clear mind. Thanks to all for trying to help me, it is appreciated.
You should reread carefully the answers you got. Please do not take a
terse, to the point, answer, as an insult.
I will try to rephrase my answer. You said:
>> I used imagewriter to create an iso for an os.
If you did that, the files are not erasable. As simple as that, do not try
to erase them, or create new files: it is impossible. Yes, the USB stick is
R/W, but an ISO image is read/only, so you can not write nor delete.
You can, however, reformat the entire partition, or perhaps delete the
partition table as well, and then write another image from scratch or
another filesystem.
If you think the answer is not correct, please copy paste the exact
commands you use and the responses you get from the system (between code
tags, advanced editor, #!), so that we have exact data and not human
interpretations.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
Try do a format of the available space on the USB stick, put a small ISO (not an os) on it. Do a new format, it might give an error (cannot complete format) Remove USB stick, connect USB stick again and do format. After that my USB was completely empty.
Dear Hawkeurope,
Are you aware of the fact that this thread was started about three (3) years ago?
Not realy a thread that will be watched by many people to see if a further solution might pop-up.
On 2014-06-03 14:06, hcvv wrote:
>
> Hawkeurope;2647166 Wrote:
>> Try do a format of the available space on the USB stick, put a small ISO
>> (not an os) on it. Do a new format, it might give an error (cannot
>> complete format) Remove USB stick, connect USB stick again and do
>> format. After that my USB was completely empty.
>
> Dear Hawkeurope,
>
> Are you aware of the fact that this thread was started about three (3)
> years ago?
> Not realy a thread that will be watched by many people to see if a
> further solution might pop-up.
True.
Instead, Hawkeurope, you could consider adding that information to our
wiki page, to the section where it explains how to recover an usb stick
that was used for installation. Yes, we already have instructions on
that issue, but your method, if it works, is quite simple to use for
Windows users (for Linux, there are way faster methods). So, add your
method there as alternative, or better, post a comment on the comment
tab, because wiki modifications have to be verified and accepted by the
team; comments are immediate.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)